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Remember His Words, The Great Vigil of Easter (C) – April 19, 2025
[RCL] Exodus 14:10-31; 15:20-21; Psalm 114; Romans 6:3-11; Luke 24:1-12 Dive deeper into the journey of Holy Week and Easter with this year’s compilation of sermons. Perfect for congregational use, small groups, or personal reflection, each sermon includes two prompts to spark meaningful discussion and exploration. Access this resource at sermonsthatwork.org. The Great Vigil of…
Training Ground, Good Friday – April 18, 2025
[RCL] Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Psalm 22; Hebrews 10:16-25 or Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9; John 18:1-19:42 Dive deeper into the journey of Holy Week and Easter with this year’s compilation of sermons. Perfect for congregational use, small groups, or personal reflection, each sermon includes two prompts to spark meaningful discussion and exploration. Access this resource at sermonsthatwork.org. A…
Departures, Maundy Thursday – April 17, 2025
[RCL] Exodus 12:1-4, (5-10), 11-14; Psalm 116:1, 10-17; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; John 13:1-17, 31b-35 Dive deeper into the journey of Holy Week and Easter with this year’s compilation of sermons. Perfect for congregational use, small groups, or personal reflection, each sermon includes two prompts to spark meaningful discussion and exploration. Access this resource at sermonsthatwork.org.…
Journeying, Wednesday in Holy Week – April 16, 2025
[RCL] Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 70; Hebrews 12:1-3; John 13:21-32 Dive deeper into the journey of Holy Week and Easter with this year’s compilation of sermons. Perfect for congregational use, small groups, or personal reflection, each sermon includes two prompts to spark meaningful discussion and exploration. Access this resource at sermonsthatwork.org. Hebrews is something of an…
Breaking Barriers, Tuesday in Holy Week – April 15, 2025
[RCL] Isaiah 49:1-7; Psalm 71:1-14; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31; John 12:20-36 Dive deeper into the journey of Holy Week and Easter with this year’s compilation of sermons. Perfect for congregational use, small groups, or personal reflection, each sermon includes two prompts to spark meaningful discussion and exploration. Access this resource at sermonsthatwork.org. Conflict, confrontation, and choices…
Faithful Friends, Monday in Holy Week – April 14, 2025
[RCL] Isaiah 42:1-9; Psalm 36:5-11; Hebrews 9:11-15; John 12:1-11 Dive deeper into the journey of Holy Week and Easter with this year’s compilation of sermons. Perfect for congregational use, small groups, or personal reflection, each sermon includes two prompts to spark meaningful discussion and exploration. Access this resource at sermonsthatwork.org. In today’s gospel passage, we…
Proving Scripture Wrong, Palm Sunday (C) – April 13, 2025
[RCL] Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16; Philippians 2:5-11; Luke 22:14-23:56 or Luke 23:1-49 Dive deeper into the journey of Holy Week and Easter with this year’s compilation of sermons. Perfect for congregational use, small groups, or personal reflection, each sermon includes two prompts to spark meaningful discussion and exploration. Access this resource at sermonsthatwork.org. Palm Sunday…
Mary’s Anointing, Lent 5 (C) – April 6, 2025
[RCL] Isaiah 43:16-21; Psalm 126; Philippians 3:4b-14; John 12:1-8 Before we dig into our gospel story today, let’s go back a few chapters. Let’s go back and remember the death of Lazarus. And remember his sisters’ grief. When Jesus finally makes it back to Bethany to see about this death, he is met with an…
Two Sons, Lent 4 (C) – March 30, 2025
[RCL] Joshua 5:9-12; Psalm 32; 2 Corinthians 5:16-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 [Today’s sermon is presented in the format of a spoken-word poem. – Ed.] There was a man who had two sons. So our story begins. “A man with two sons,”is how a lot of stories begin, if you think about it. That first man, expelled from…
Upcoming Bible Studies
Bible Study: Easter Sunday (C) – April 20, 2025
RCL: Isaiah 65:17-25; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; 1 Corinthians 15:19-26; John 20:1-18 Isaiah 65:17-25 When we think of the trappings of Easter—dying eggs, donning our Sunday best, singing triumphant hymns, and echoing sweet “Alleluias” to proclaim the Risen One—I doubt most of us would even consider the Old Testament lesson. In fact, Easter might be one…
Bible Study: Palm Sunday (C) – April 13, 2025
RCL: Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16; Philippians 2:5-11; Luke 23:1-49 or Luke 22:14-23:56 The Descent of Love Here we are again, at the threshold of Holy Week, poised between the hosannas and the shadows. We clutch palm branches like spiritual tourists, reenacting the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. But Palm Sunday is a study in…
Bible Study: Lent 5 (C) – April 6, 2025
RCL: Isaiah 43:16-21; Psalm 126; Philippians 3:4b-14; John 12:1-8 Isaiah 43:16-21 “I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?” The author of Isaiah proclaims a prophetic exaltation to a weary Israelite people living in exile in Babylon. The ancient Israelites were stripped of their homelands, now…
Bible Study: Lent 4 (C) – March 30, 2025
RCL: Joshua 5:9-12; Psalm 32; 2 Corinthians 5:16-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 Joshua 5:9-12 During the wilderness years following the exodus from Egypt, God sustained the Israelites with manna, a miraculous bread from heaven. This experience prepared the people to enter the land God had promised to their ancestors. Now, under the leadership of Joshua, a…
Bible Study: Lent 3 (C) – March 23, 2025
RCL: Luke 13:31-35; Psalm 63:1-8; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; Luke 13:1-9 Luke 13:31-35 This passage marks Moses’ divine calling, in which he encounters God in the burning bush on Mount Horeb. The miraculous sight draws Moses in, demonstrating that revelation often requires attention and willingness to be interrupted. God identifies as the God of Abraham, Isaac,…
Bible Study: Lent 2 (C) – March 16, 2025
RCL: Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18; Psalm 27; Philippians 3:17-4:1; Luke 13:31-35 Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 This passage from Genesis is part of the origin story of the people of the ancient tribes of Israel. In ancient times, when this was part of an oral tradition and then later written down, it served to tell the people how…
Bible Study: Lent 1 (C) – March 9, 2025
RCL: Deuteronomy 26:1-11; Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16; Romans 10:8b-13; Luke 4:1-13 Deuteronomy 26:1-11 The service of Ash Wednesday which begins the season of Lent reminds us that, from the earliest days, those who followed Jesus prepared for the celebration of his passion and resurrection through important rites (rituals). Baptism is a rite of passage through which…
Bible Study: Last Sunday after Epiphany (C) – March 2, 2025
RCL: Exodus 34:29-35; Psalm 99; 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2; Luke 9:28-36, [37-43a] Exodus 34:29-35 We may remember that this is the second time Moses has come to the people with stone tablets containing the covenant of God. The first time is told in chapter 32, and it was kind of a disaster. In the first reception,…
Bible Study: Epiphany 7 (C) – February 23, 2025
RCL: Genesis 45:3-11, 15; Psalm 37:1-12, 41-42; 1 Corinthians 15:35-38,42-50; Luke 6:27-38 This Bible study is part of a series produced by the Office of Global Partnerships of The Episcopal Church. Genesis 45:3-11, 15 The story of Joseph is well known. His brothers sold him to merchants and, after some time dealing with imprisonment and…
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